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Display Tools: Akamai Technologies
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Dan Ochiva
“Edge network” transmission more efficient than busy fiber backbones. Price: Part of Akamai Media Delivery service
Large File Download Optimization
Just about any media file format you care to think about is getting chunkier — file sizes are bulking up due to enhanced functionality, improved graphics, and richer media content. Meanwhile, as Blu-ray and HD DVD become popular release formats, their massive files will be posted online for downloading, too. Akamai offers one solution with its recently announced Large File Download Optimization (LFDO) technology. Built to handle large, bandwidth-intensive video files, LFDO works with VC-1 and MPEG-4 video standards, as well as streaming standard 720p, 1080i, and even 1080p files. One key to the technology: storing, retrieving, and delivering large files by keeping them in clusters of smaller individual file pieces.
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